Cross-tie for railways.



L. C. MOONEY.

GROSS TIE FOR RAILWAYS. APILIOATION FILED MAR.13,1913. RENEWED 0o'1'.11,1913.

1,096,315. Patented May 12, 1914.

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CROSS TIE FOR RAILWAYS.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.13,1913. RENEWED 00111, 1913.

1,096,531 5. Patented May 12, 1914.

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CROSS-TIE FoK ILwAYsf Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t d May 12, 1914,

Application filed March 13, 1913, Serial No. 754,118. Renewed Q c'tober 11, 1913i Serial No. 794,718.

To all whom it mayconcern Be it. known thatI, LAWRENCE C. Moon-Ev, a citizen of theUnited States." residing at l\lontgomery, in the county of Montgomery and State of Alabannnhave invented new and useful Improvements in Cross-Ties for Railways, of which the following ista speei; tication. e I r r V Y This invention relates -to an improved road which shall 'be-Ystronger, relatively cheaper and'more durable than cross-ties ll()\\' ll]. ('Ollllnoll $0. i I. The object of this invention is the production of a novel cross-tie,'made of concrete or other suitable plastic material, containing wooden blocks or sections near each end to serve as resilient rail jse: ts, and reinforced by longitlnlinal bars or r0 tending to each end of tlie tit a-ongnfna wooden sections orpillow blocks. As a further reinforce for the tie a" cradle of interlaced rods or reticulated metal is en'ihedded inthe concrete bencath'em-l iilow block the ends of min'"e'raalefinetmempx I trill into'the body oftheiie and there terminate in the form of loops or hooks. .aid cradles serving to strengthen that portionof the cross-tie below the blocks. and which is thinner than in any otherportitm. fromthe hammer-like blows of thewheels of passing trains,

The improved tie is of rectangular crosssection with parallel vertical sides and parallel top and bottom the latter having a shallow central recess for about one-third its length extending across the tie from side to side.

The wooden sections or pillow blocks extend entirely across the tie and are retained in place by the longitudinal reinforcing members, projections on the sides of the blocks embedded in the concrete, and concrete ribs covering a portion of thelo'wer ends of the blocks which are chamfered at their corners for this purpose. Resting on each pillow block is a seatplate. for the ail. the ends of which are turned down over the ends of said blocks and covering the upper part thereof, which-in connection with the concrete extending over the chamfered lower portion of said block ends. leave very little of said block exposed to the elements.

To more fully disclose the novel features of the invention, attention is directed to .the.accompanying drawings forming a part:-

of this specification and 1nwlnch tie with aportion of two rails spiked thereto. -;I 1g.- 21s a. perspective view of two red. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the crosst c; 'Fi 'i' 4fis a vertical longitndinaljsecommt .vie} larged "cross-sectional" 'view" on the line 5-7 of Fig. 4." Fig. (3 is an enlarged end view of one of the pillow blocks. Fig. 7 is a horinontal sectional view of the cross-tie. Fig. 8 1s a perspective view of the reinforcing cradle.. Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of the cradle. Fig. 10 is .a perspective view of the modified -radle. I j

In "the*fd' i'ngs? in which likenet'erenee .cliaraetersareused for the same parts in all the figures A indicates the cross-tie as a "whole made: :of plastio material such as cement concrete strengthened by metal rods ovi pillow-blocks; to support the. rails and re ceirethefast'eniiig spikes. I The improved cross-tie of the usual length. height. and width but preferably formedwithashallow recess. or depression 10, in itsu'nderside forabont one-third its length to given firm seat tothc cross-tie beneath the rails and permit the material forming the road bed to collect between the rails which, owing to the hammering of the wheels of passing trains, it has a natural tendenq' to do, without interference from or binding the cross-ties. This recess or depression by permitting the material to collect or .be filled in between the rails tends to prevent longitudinal creeping of the ties.

Embedded in the cross-tie near each end is a wooden section-or pillow block 11 of less height than the cross-tie but extending entirely across the same, the ends and the upper surfaces of the pillow blocks being tlush respectively with the vertical sides and top of the cross-tie. Similar frusto pyramidal projections 12 extend from opposite sides of the pillow blocks in the longitudinal center of the cross-tie and are embedded in the concrete formingthe same. A PGlfOltllitlll extends through each block and said projections to receive a longitudinal tie bar 11 threaded at its ends for nuts 14 which when Figure 1'.is atop plan view of a crosspillow blocksconneeted together by a tie l-Ofi-thersante. Figefiwis airenlwith wooden'set'rt ions or F f screwed into place beanfirmly against bind- .ingrplateslai seateduagalnst the outermost "prcqection 12'; 'nd'. having.l flanged; edges which orerhe'the'nppcr and lower surtaces nc-1' i V.

of the-sameowltemtox (61ml st or vlods enmay be arranged in-any desired order as. v fol nstance ,-in :,tw0v horizontal rows, one iabnve aad ionej'below zthe ,ti'e rod 13. v The "i'o'fe nlsf of t-hfcst I einforce jbars' o1"'rodsare n'cl'eiai'blv 'gbent; downward in the form of lniolts .t'foore firmly; anchor the rods in f -""S i tpported on ach fpillow "block 1 1 is a seat? plate 177 f bei'ngas i v )t sertionP ot -the?pillo -jl)lo 'l\ ill the cross "tics the; amount ofconcrete mat cr-tal below ibloek nails compared 5:..w 1th the nles.

:.cle-mcn t Incline of the cros ticfand theretcrminate; These ends-arc prcfera bli' niade of books or returncd"bendsfi l to firmly anchor the cradle .inpositiojnj Suclnacradlef git-es a firm sup port to-"tliecrosstic. transmitting the weight of passingtrains and the hatmncr-like blows .of tlltii'NYltccls from the thin section of concrete 2i. heneath the blocks. to the body .of thc-crosrs-tie. ,The ends of the cradle being bent as shownrhook into the concrete and form what may betel-med a swinging pcradle in which the pillow block is suspended." Thesejcra'dles"arepreferably made of bars or rods. interlaced or crossed, as clearly shown'in Fig. 8. but if desired such cradles a may be. madeflot". platQSfifl reticulated metal as shown in Fig, '10." [The lower corners of the pillow blocks] 1 above the thin portion l-t of the cross-tie are cut away or chamfered. 5 "as at 255 and such cut awn portions filled with concrete thus forming upstanding ribs or braces 26 which tend to strengthen the thin portion Qland also serve to cover the lower parts of the'ends of the pillow blocks.

These ribs 2t} covering the lower part of the pillow block ends, and the flanges 18 on the seat plate 17 covering the upper parts of the. same ends, block; exposed to the elements and other destructive agencies, thus tending'to lengthen V tendfrom ienditov end of} thecress-tie and -t.listancc: apart.

leave but little of saidthe life of said blocks, which may beturther protected by treating them With creost'ite or other suitable wood perservatire.

It is to be noted that the pillow blocks 11 are svnnnetrical in their formation. At each end of the bottom of said block is a chainfered corner and on each; side is a frustopyramidal projection 1:2 similarly disposed with relation to the axis of the opening therein tlnongh which the tie-rod 1 passes. From this it will be evident that in assembling the parts to form the tie either side of the block with a plt'ljtttlttll may be placed outermost or toward the end of the tie. or a block may be placed at either the right or the left thereof, the blocks being rnnnctrical itis immaterial at which end of the tic they are placed; 'or' which s'ide't'zn-es'the tie end; a

In the manufacture of this improved cross-tie the tie rod 13 is run through the central opening in the pillow blot-ks. the

bearing'plates 17 placed over the ends of said tic-rod in position on the projections 12. and the nuts 14 screwed firmly against the platcs holding said pillow blocks the proper The rcint'orcc rcds or bars 16 are then threaded through suitable penings in the pillow blocks and their ends =cnt upon thcmselres'as shown. This skeleton structure is now placed in a mold of suitable shnptnjvitliill)Yhich have been positioned and suitably secured cradlcs l.' and concrete poured into said mold in the ll llill manner. Alter hardening. the cross-tie is removed from the mold and finished in well known manner.

'hat I claim is:

l. cross-tie made of concrete having a rail "supporting pillow llltltk embedded therein near each end. reinforcing member emhedded longiuidinallvof said tie and engaging said pillow blocks. and an independent reinforcing element embedded in said tie beneath each )illow block with its ends projecting beyond the sides of the pillow blocks into the body of the tie.

'2. A cross-tie made of concrete having a rail supporting pillow block emhedded therein near each end. reinforcing members embedded longitudinally of said tie and engaging said pillow blocks: and an independent reinforce member embedded in said tie beneath each pillow block, the ends: of said independent member extending beyond the sides of the pillow block and being lllt'lllltltl upwardly into the body of the tie.

3. Across-tie made of concrete having a rail supporting pillow block emhedded therein near each end of less height than said cross-tie and flush with the top thereof, reinforce bars or rods embedded in the concrete between said pillow blocks. and a reinforcin g member beneath each pillow block also embedded in the concrete, its ends in- 381 RMLWAYS;'SQRFACETRACK e and terminating: nearlfthelmiddle thereof.

rail supporting pillow block embedded said cross-tieand flush withthe top and vertical sides thereof; reinforcing bars or rods embedded jinzthe concretegbetween said pil- I low blocksand extending through them to 10' the'ends ofetlife' cross-tie, and a reinforcing v v cradle. beneath each pillow block also em- 1 bedded n -tliefconcrete,theends of which i 'lllCllllddlPWtlldl} and terminate near the riniddle'f ofj theftie cross-tiel made of ,r il,.st npe rtinej' ,illov bloc-l;

regsvn'nnetrieal and parallel embl'ediwvithout regard to in o .oppos1te:sides of each enibeddedin the concrete, and chaln cred corners oiitheends of the blocks i filletontlvwith concrete to form l :t isili wi't e-- 4 "of conclete ha\'in a supporting:ptllow' block emcaid Moss-tie, and flush jections fon the sides ofsaid 7 hlocltscmthreadtaleudsfwhich extend through the pil- 1 therein-near each-end "of less height than 1 a facial project ion l txazamiel i g I t concrete having M embedded each end of. less ei ght than pposite xuti'cal faces of elining the of the tie l concrete, a tie-rod between.aiidle onnecting" A said pillow blocks, saidftie-rod extending tt AQcross-tiemade of concrete having a through the projections thereon;chamfered lower corners on'the ends of the blocks flush I with thevert-ieal sides ofthegtie .ancL filled out; with concrete to form .Zstrengthening,

flanges for the tie below the pillow] block and to overlie the lower part of said-block- 'endsand protect them from the elements,

and'a rail seat platoon each of saidfpillow: v blocks of equal width with said ljilock- .and,""

having fiangedlends extended downwart and covering the upper part of the'endsI-o 1 i ii ei mediate its ends, a rail supporting pillow,

block embedded in the tie between the shah low depression and each end of the tie antl lg'iti less height than the he. said bloelrslextend tug entirely across the tie and fiush \Vltlldllu top thereof. metal reinforcing barsexte ule I ing from end to end of theitie through the; :1strengtlienmg flanges; 1 91211 9, CQ T i .v 1a: the iillow,bltmkyandrto overlie the j 1' the ends of said blocks and I pillow blocks, and a reinforcing memher hcncath each pillow bloclr whollv in the concrete. the ends of which member :icli end ofeqiial width' 'with the"tupl thereof.{similarlvshaped prohedded piu'g the t'tlllt'ldt, a" tie-rod having,

ind tln-ongh the projections 1 plate bearlngnagalnlst the outer I said: plates-,:tgaii1 t the projections, rent- 7 5 forced; ha ewtcrhling from end to end of the tit through the pillow blocks and a re- 45 inforcingrcradle heneath'eaeh pillow block emheddedlinthe concrete. 1 e

7. "l-\"cross'-t ie' made of concrete having a rail supporting -pill0w. block embedded I therein near each end of equal width and 501.less heightIt-hansaid cross-tie and tlnsh with the top'thereof. similar shaped'projections on the sidesof said blocks embedded in the 8 reint n-cing member for a concrete ZulltztllV beneath the rail supporting area" of the tie and having upturned angularlv disposed ends terminating in hook shape projections. V p p 7 10. A re1nl'orc1n member for a concrete tie ('()lll[)ll ll. 1 an ilnlepeiulent cradle like tructure made of interlaced or crossed liars wardly at an inclination and each terminz'ttin; in a hook.

A In testimony whereof I have hereunto set a my hand in presence of two subscribing wit-Q nesses.

LAWRENCE C. \Y itnesscs:

l. GUY SMITH? Cn-trm: llomamv.

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